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List
Undergraduate Counsellor: J. Roopnarinesingh Email:
social-sciences-counsellor@utsc.utoronto.ca
A pre-professional Major Program for students interested in career
paths that may be city-related. Students acquire a combination of
conceptual, methodological, and critical skills relevant in a variety
of professional fields including city planning, real estate development,
transportation, housing, community development, urban governance,
and city management. The Major Program in City Studies is multidisciplinary:
it is designed to give students the opportunity to see how they might
apply ideas about cities from the social sciences and kindred disciplines
in their field of professional interest. The Program also offers preparation
for students interested in pursuing graduate education in a field
of study related to cities.
Guidelines for 1st year course selection
Students intending to complete a program in City Studies should take
at least 1.0 full credit from the courses listed in Requirement 1
of the Major Program in City Studies within their first 4.0 credits.
City Studies Programs
MAJOR
PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS)
Guidelines for Major Program Completion
The City Studies curriculum has three areas of concentration:
(1) City-Building, (2) Community Development and (3) City Governance.
Major students are welcome to take courses in more than one area of
concentration and are encouraged to take at least three of the City
Studies core courses, CITB02H3
Foundations of City Studies (required for all Major student in City
Studies), CITB01H3 Canadian
Cities and Planning, CITB03H3
Social Planning and Community Development or CITB04H3
City Politics. These core courses cover foundational concepts of the
program and are considered essential preparation for upper level courses.
| City Building |
Community Development |
City Governance |
| CITB01H3 Canadian
Cities and Planning
CITC03H3 Real Estate
and the City
CITC04H3 Municipal
and Planning Law in Ontario
CITC14H3 Environmental
Planning
CITC18H3 Transportation
Policy Analysis |
CITB03H3
Social Planning and Community Development
CITC01H3 Urban Communities
and Neighbourhoods Case Study
CITC02H3 Learning
in Community Service
CITC07H3 Urban Social
Policy
CITC08H3 Cities
and Community Development |
CITB04H3
City Politics
CITC12H3
Local Government and Management
CITC15H3
Municipal Finance
CITC16H3
Regional Governance and Planning
CITC17H3
Civic Engagement in Urban Politics |
Note: It is Department policy that students
without the prerequisite will be removed from the course. Students
should carefully check the prerequisites required for particular B-and
C-level courses.
Note: That some upper-level courses (e.g. SOC and
ECM) are part of limited enrolment programs, with first preference
in these courses going to students enrolled in those programs.
Program Requirements
This program requires a total of 7.0 full credits.
- Introduction to Social Science Thought (1.0 full credit
from among the following):
ANTA01H3 Introduction to
Anthropology: Becoming Human
ANTA02H3 Introduction to
Anthropology: Culture, Society and Language
HLTA01H3 Plagues and
Peoples
POLA51H3 Critical
Issues of Canadian Democracy
POLA83H3 Exploring
Globalization
POLA84H3 Globalization
and Governance
SOCA01H3 Introduction to Sociology
I
SOCA02H3 Introduction to Sociology
II
GGRA02H3 The Geography of
Global Processes
GGRA03H3 Cities and Environments
[ECMA01H3
Introduction to Microeconomics or ECMA04H3
Introduction to Microeconomics: A Mathematical Approach]
[ECMA05H3
Introduction to Macroeconomics or ECMA06H3
Introduction to Macroeconomics: A Mathematical Approach]
- Core courses (1.5 full credits including)
CITB02H3 Foundations of
City Studies
and
1.0 credits from among the following:
CITB01H3 Canadian Cities
and Planning
CITB03H3 Social Planning
and Community Development
CITB04H3 City Politics
- City Studies Fundamentals of (at least 1.5 full credits
from among the following):
DTSB01H3
Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies I
DTSB02H3
Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies II
[EESA05H3 Environmental
Hazards or EESA06H3
Introduction to Planet Earth]
GGRB05H3 Urban Geography
GGRB13H3 Social Geography
GGRB28H3 Geographies of Disease
HLTB04H3 Health and the
Urban Environment
POLB50H3 Canada's
Political Institutions
SOCB44H3 Sociology of Cities
and Urban Life
(SOCB45H3) Urban Sociology: Micro-Analysis
WSTB12H3
Women: Issues of Violence and Safety
- Methods (1 full credit from among the following):
[SOCB06H3 Social Statistics
or STAB22H3 Statistics
I]
[GGRA30H3 GIS and Empirical
Reasoning or
(EESA08H3) GIS for the Beginning Student or
EESC03H3
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing]
- Applications (at least 2.0 full credits from among the
following):
(ANTC39H3) Foundation and Theoretical Issues in Anthropological
Demography
ANTC40H3 Methods and Analysis
in Anthropological Demography
CITC01H3 Urban Communities
and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough
CITC02H3 Learning In Community
Service
CITC03H3 Real Estate and
the City
CITC04H3 Municipal and
Planning Law in Ontario
CITC07H3 Urban Social Policy
CITC08H3 Cities and Community
Development
CITC10H3 Selected Issues
in City Studies
CITC12H3 Local Government
and Management
CITC14H3 Environmental
Planning
CITC15H3 Municipal Finance
CITC16H3 Regional Governance
and Planning
CITC17H3 Civic Engagement
in Municipal Politics
CITC18H3 Urban Transportation
Policy Analysis
CITC40H3 Megacities and
Global Urbanization
CITD01H3 City Issues and
Strategies
EESC21H3 Urban
Environmental Problems of the Greater Toronto Area
GGRC02H3 Population Geography
GGRC04H3 Urban Residential
Geography
GGRC13H3 Urban Political Geography
GGRC27H3 Location and Spatial
Development
GGRC33H3 The Toronto Region
GGRD09H3 Feminist Geographies
HISC32H3 The Emergence of Modern
America, 1877-1933
HISC36H3 People in Motion: Immigrants
and Migrants in U.S. History
(HISD38H3) Topics in American Urban History: New York City
POLC53H3 Canadian
Environmental Politics
POLC66H3 Public Policy
Making
POLC67H3 Public Policy
in Canada
SOCC03H3 Collective Behaviour
SOCC04H3 Social Movements
SOCC26H3 Sociology of Urban
Growth
WSTC14H3
Women, Community, and Policy Change
WSTC20H3
Women and Environments
MAJOR
(CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS)
Co-op Contact: askcoop@utsc.utoronto.ca
Graduates will receive an Honours B.A. degree wherein they must combine
the Major (Co-operative) Program in City Studies with one of the following:
- Major Program in Anthropology
- Major Program in Economics for Management
- Major Program in Environmental Science
- Major Program in History
- Major Program in Human Geography
- Major Program in Political Science
- Major Program in Sociology
- Major Program in Studio
- Major Program in Women's and Gender Studies
The Program is intended to complement the chosen academic discipline
and to give students the opportunity to see how they might apply ideas
from that discipline in their field of professional interest.
For information on admissions, fees, work terms and standing in the
Program, please see the Co-operative Programs section of this Calendar.
Program Admission
Prospective Applicants: For direct admission from secondary
school or for students who wish to transfer to UTSC from another U
of T faculty or from another post-secondary institution, see the Co-operative Programs
section in this Calendar.
Current U of T Scarborough students: Application procedures
can be found at the Registrar's Office website: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/subjectpost.
The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits including 1.0
from the courses listed in Requirement 1 of the Major Program in City
Studies plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.
Program Requirements
The Major (Co-operative) Program in City Studies combines academic
studies in various disciplines with work terms in private enterprise,
the public sector, or non-governmental organizations. It includes
all of the requirements of the Major Program listed above. In addition,
students must successfully complete the non-credit Arts & Science
Co-op Work Term Preparation activities and two work terms.
Work Terms
Students must satisfactorily complete two work terms, each of four-months
duration. To be eligible for the first work term, students must have
completed at least 10 full credits, including 5 full credits as a
U of T Scarborough student. These must include at least one full credit
drawn from each of areas 1 (Introduction to Social Science Thought),
2 (Core Courses), 3 (Fundamentals of City Studies), and 4 (Methods).
Students must also successfully complete Arts & Science Co-op
Work Term Preparation Activities, which include multiple networking
sessions, speaker panels and industry tours along with seminars covering
resumes, cover letters, job interviews and work term expectations,
prior to their first work term. Students are advised that being available
for work terms during fall and winter may increase the variety of
work available, and this in turn requires students to take courses
during at least one summer session.
City Studies Courses
CITB01H3 Canadian
Cities and Planning
After reviewing the history of urban and regional planning in Canada,
this course considers alternative ideologies, models of public choice,
the role of the planner, the instruments of planning, tools for the
analysis of planning, and planning in the context of the space economy.
Exclusion: (GGRB06H3)
Recommended Preparation: Completion of Requirement 1 of the Major
Program in City Studies
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITB02H3 Foundations
of City Studies
A review of the major characteristics and interpretations of cities,
urban processes and urban change as a foundation for the Program in
City Studies. Ideas from disciplines including Anthropology, Economics,
Geography, Planning, Political Science and Sociology, are examined
as ways of understanding cities.
Prerequisite: At least 4.0 credits, of which at least 2.0 must be
in ANT, ECM, GGR, POL or SOC
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITB03H3 Social
Planning and Community Development
This course provides an overview of the history, theory, and politics
of community development and social planning as an important dimension
of contemporary urban development and change.
Prerequisite: Completion of Requirement 1 of the Major Program in
City Studies
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITB04H3 City
Politics
This course is the foundations course for the city governance concentration
in the City Studies program, and provides an introduction to the study
of urban politics with particular emphasis on different theoretical
and methodological approaches to understanding urban decision-making,
power, and conflict.
Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits
Enrolment Limits: 150
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC01H3 Urban
Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough
This course engages students in a case study of some of the issues
facing urban communities and neighbourhoods today. Students will develop
both community-based and academic research skills by conducting research
projects in co-operation with local residents and businesses, non-profit
organizations, and government actors and agencies.
Prerequisite: CITB01H3 &
CITB02H3 & permission
of instructor
Exclusion: GGRC41H3 if taken
in the 2008 Fall Session
Enrolment Limits: 30
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC02H3 Learning
in Community Service
This will be a service learning course based in Scarborough communities
in which students learn about community issues first-hand by volunteering
for community based organizations. Student evaluation will be based
on completion of volunteer hours and grading of student journals that
will: 1. Describe the service work, and 2. Reflect on the service
work and relate it to lectures and required readings.
Prerequisite: CITB01H3 &
CITB02H3 & permission
of instructor
Recommended Preparation: CITC01H3
Enrolment Limits: 30
CITC03H3 Real
Estate and the City
Operation of property markets; cities as markets in land and structures;
stocks of property and flows of accommodation service; location of
industry, offices and retailing within the city; rental and owner-occupied
housing; depreciation and maintenance; cyclical behaviour in metropolitan
property markets; impacts of local government; property taxation.
Prerequisite: CITB01H3 &
CITB02H3 & [ECMB01H3
or ECMB02H3]
Exclusion: (GGRB10H3)
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC04H3 Municipal
and Planning Law in Ontario
Constitutional authority, municipal corporations, official plans,
zoning bylaws, land subdivision and consents, development control,
deed restrictions and common interest developments, Ontario Municipal
Board.
Prerequisite: CITB01H3, CITB02H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC07H3 Urban
Social Policy
In recent years social policy has been rediscovered as a key component
of urban governance. This course examines the last half-century of
evolving approaches to social policy and urban inequality, with particular
emphasis on the Canadian urban experience. Major issues examined are
poverty, social exclusion, labour market changes, housing, immigration
and settlement.
Prerequisite: CITB01H3, CITB02H3
Exclusion: CITC10H3 if taken
in the 2011 Winter session
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC08H3 Cities
and Community Development
An examination of community development as the practice of citizens
and community organizations to empower individuals and groups to improve
the social and economic wellbeing of their communities and neighbourhoods.
The course will consider different approaches to community development
and critically discuss their potential for positive urban social change.
Prerequisite: CITB01H3, CITB02H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC10H3 Selected
Issues in City Studies
Examination of one or more current issues in cities. The specific
issues will vary depending on the instructor.
Prerequisite: CITB01H3 &
CITB02H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC12H3 Local
Government and Management
This course examines the structure of local government and the processes
of urban policy-making in Canada. Topics include municipal elections,
city council, council committees, municipal budgets, city departments,
and the process of urban policy-making.
Prerequisite: CITB02H3 and
an additional 0.5 credits from among the CIT B-level core courses
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC14H3 Environmental
Planning
This course introduces students to questions of urban ecology and
environmental planning, and examines how sustainability and environmental
concerns can be integrated into urban planning processes and practices.
Prerequisite: CITB02H3 and
an additional 0.5 credits from among CIT B-level core courses
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC15H3 Municipal
Finance
The course examines the revenue raising capacity of municipalities
from a Canadian and comparative perspective, and discusses the implications
of municipal finance for urban public policy, planning, and the provision
of municipal services. Topics include state finances, municipal taxation,
inter-governmental transfers, and alternative revenue sources.
Prerequisite: CITB02H3 and
an additional 0.5 credits from among CIT B-level core courses
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC16H3 Regional
Governance and Planning
The development of large metropolitan areas cuts across municipal
boundaries and many urban planning and governance issues require regional
coordination. This course examines different approaches to regional
governance, planning, and service delivery, and highlights the institutional
and political challenges to regional cooperation and policy development.
Prerequisite: CITB02H3 and
an additional 0.5 credit from among CIT B-level core courses
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC17H3 Civic
Engagement in Urban Politics
This course examines the engagement of citizen groups, neighbourhood
associations, urban social movements, and other non-state actors in
urban politics, planning, and governance. The course will discuss
the contested and selective insertion of certain groups into city-regional
decision-making processes and structures.
Prerequisite: CITB02H3 and
an additional 0.5 credit from among CIT B-level core courses
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC18H3 Urban
Transportation Policy Analysis
Demand forecasting; methodology of policy analysis; impacts on land
values, urban form and commuting; congestion; transit management;
regulation and deregulation; environmental impacts and safety.
Prerequisite: University-level half-credit in data analysis & GGRB02H3
& one of CITB01H3, ECMB01H3,
ECMB02H3,
GGRB05H3, (GGRB06H3), (GGRB27H3),
GGRC27H3
Exclusion: GGR324H, (GGRC18H3)
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITC40H3 Megacities
and Global Urbanization
The last 50 years have seen dramatic growth in the global share of
population living in megacities over 10 million population, with most
growth in the global south. Such giant cities present distinctive
infrastructure, health, water supply, and governance challenges, which
are increasingly central to global urban policy and health.
Same as GGRC40H3
Prerequisite: [GGRB02H3 & GGRB05H3]
or [CITB01H3 & CITB02H3]
Exclusion: GGRC40H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
CITD01H3 City
Issues and Strategies
This course is designed as a culminating City Studies course in which
participants are able to showcase the application of their research
skills, and share their professional and disciplinary interests in
a common case study. Lectures and guests will introduce conceptual
frameworks, core questions and conflicts. Students will be expected
to actively participate in discussions and debates, and produce shared
research resources. Each student will prepare a substantial research
paper as a final project.
Prerequisite: Completion of the Major Program in City Studies requirements
(1) Introduction to Social Science Thought, (3) Fundamentals of City
Studies, & (4) Methods.
Enrolment Limits: 25